Words to live by

Quotes & Scripture

Verses and reflections that have shaped my faith — gathered here for your encouragement.

Even to your old age I am he, and to grey hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Isaiah 46:4

A promise that has anchored me through every season.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 23:1Scripture

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Isaiah 40:29Scripture

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11Scripture

Everyone believes in irresistible grace. If God were to ask any of us, 'why did you trust my Son, but the person next to you didn't?' None of us would say, 'I was more humble, or intelligent, or spiritual.' The answer would be, YOU SAVED ME.

John PiperDevotional

You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Augustine of HippoDevotional

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 55:22Scripture

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because he loves us.

C.S. LewisDevotional

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles.

Isaiah 40:31Scripture

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin.

John PiperDevotional

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10Scripture

The secret of a happy life is to delight in duty. When duty becomes delight, then burdens become blessings.

Warren WiersbeDevotional

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:7Scripture

These words are not mine — they are gifts from God and from those who walked faithfully before us. May they be a lamp to your feet.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105